In this chapter, the ugly woman tells her lover that she does not want to die. She tells him that she will make him wish that he were dead. He tells her that he will make her wish that she were dead, and she tells him to write the name of the person who poisoned her brother. He says that he has been poisoned, and that he would have died if he had not forced him to do so. The ugly woman says that she is a hall chief and that it is her fault that her brother has been killed. She begs him to return her younger brother to her, but he refuses, saying that he is a murderer who has two radicals with his name on them. She says that her sister has been exiled to the border with China, and there is a lot of unrest between the two countries right now.